Kristi Maier

A Western North Carolina Edition with a little help from our friends… ’Tis the Season to remember, relieve, and …reflect. While many of us in the Triad and North Carolina are so thankful for all that we have, as I looked back on this year deciding what our favorite things of the year are, I couldn’t help but think of our neighbors in Western North Carolina. I don’t know how many of you know this, but for the past seven years, I have lived in beautiful Banner Elk.

Happy Holidays, foodies and local lovers. We hope you are loving this festive holiday season and once again, our team is bringing you the best of Triadfoodies’ Favorite Things and Holiday Gift Guide of Glorious Deliciousness. We’ve endeavored to bring you as much hyper-local as possible this year.

This chicken soup that (I hope) you are about to make is the BEST. It is so flavorful and does the body and soul good. And by the time you read this, we’ll be feeling like winter again AND maybe it’ll be close to the weekend so it gives you time to buy all the ingredients because…well…there is something about a hot bowl of soup on Sunday. I actually used up a lot of ingredients hanging out in the fridge to make this baby.